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3/4/10 Spring trip - Colusa/Glenn Counties with special guest, Ann Scheuring speaking during the visit to the Williams Museum. Trip also included the Colusa Courthouse and a visit to a mushroom farm.

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Fall trip sites
2/28/10 Cemeteries of Yolo County: Stones, Bones, and Stories: The history of the Davis Cemetery, speakers Peggy Perrazo and Dennis Dingemans
11/22/09 Dorothy O'Neil, described her book containing historical photographs related to Winters, in the Arcadia Press series titled "Images of America."
11/12/09 Fall Trip - Solano Hills and Waterfronts: Vacaville, Suisun City, Peña Adobe
10/25/09 History of the West Capitol Speedway, May 25, 1947 to May 31, 1980. Members of the West Capital Raceway Alumni Association described the famed West Sacramento Raceway which many race car drivers considered the best dirt track on the West Coast.
6/18/09 Annual June Picnic - YCHS along with Friends of the Yolo County Archives, and Friends of the Gibson Museum.
4/26/09 History and current preservation and conservation activities in Winters with guest speakers Rich Marovich, Howard Hupe, Woody Fridae, and Joann Larkey.
3/22/09 Joint meeting with the West Sacramento Historical Society at the Jazzyblues Café. Washington/Broderick Township history from Hughes-Wingfield, Fausett, and Sornsen (see photos on right), along with visiting the Senator Garage, viewing vintage fire trucks, and a walking tour of the Delta Style Victorian homes on 4th Street led by Martha Mills.
2/22/09 The Romingers - Rich and Evelyn at the Hattie Weber Museum
2/21/09 The Bachelor Girls/Library Club exhibit, opening at the Hattie Weber Museum
1/25/09 Dixon Library - presentation on Dixon history by Dixon Library Archivist, Shirley Parsons; and tour of the downtown led by Nancy Schrott.
11/23/08 Heidrick Agricultural Museum - Linda Lucchesi, Fred Heidrick's daughter and founding member, described her father's vision as he collected and restored many of the farm implements
10/26/08 Guest speaker: Dr. Haworth Clover Hesperian College, 1861-1896: A collegiate institution of the Civil War Era
6/19/08 June Picnic in Woodland, YCHS along with the Yolo County Historical Museum and Friends of the Yolo County Archives.
6/18/08 Members' trip to Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass Valley and Nevada City
1/27/08 History of Gas Lighting in America - Paul Ivazes of Quality Lighting gave a lecture/slide show/historic examples presentation covering the unwritten history of gas lighting and how gas lighting changed our country and its architecture during the 19th century.  Paul has recreated and restored gaslight fixtures dating from the 1840s to the 1900s.